Vancouver – Vancouver Police have arrested a man who allegedly brandished a hypodermic needle at staff inside a downtown dollar store yesterday.
VPD officers responded near Granville and West Pender Street around 2:00 p.m. to a report that a suspected shoplifter had pulled on a needle on staff after they confronted him and asked him to leave the store. The suspect had also allegedly pushed a worker.
Officers arrested the suspect on scene and took him to jail.
A 31-year-old man has been charged with possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose.
